Vodka Distiller's Range Bundle (to use with Potatoes)

• Distiller’s Yeast – Vodka (20g)
• Distiller’s Enzyme – AlphaAmylase (12g)
• Distiller’s Enzyme – Glucoamylase (12g)
• Still Spirits Turbo Clear
• Distiller’s Nutrient – Light Spirits

What you will need:

• 20 kg potatoes or 10kg potatoes + 2.5kg sugar
• T-500

Recipe:

• 20g Distiller’s Yeast – Vodka
• 12g Distiller’s Enzyme – Glucoamylase
• 100g Distiller’s Nutrient – Light Spirits
• Still Spirit Turbo Clear
• 20 kg potatoes (alternatively 10 kg potatoes and 2.5kg granulated sugar)

Instructions:

1. Thoroughly clean the potatoes before dicing and placing in a large size pot for boiling (no need to peel). Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes or until just soft enough to mash. (If you don’t have a large enough pot, you can split the potatoes between two smaller pots, splitting enzyme additions between pots).
2. Once your potatoes are soft, turn off the heat and drain the water before mashing to achieve a smooth consistency. At this stage you should add more water and stir until you achieve a liquid consistency (but with a volume less than your final fermentation volume), then turn the heat back on.
3. Bring your potato slurry to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to avoid the mixture sticking, adding a little more water if necessary to retain the liquid consistency. After 30 minutes of simmering, turn off the heat and allow to cool to 80°C (176°F) or just below before proceeding to step 4.
4. Add your Distiller’s Enzyme – Alpha-amylase and stir well and then cover (or hold at 65-80°C (149-176°F)) and allow to stand for 60 minutes while the enzyme liquifies the starch. It is recommended to stir the slurry and check the temperature roughly every 10 minutes. (Note that at this stage the starch slurry is open to microbial contamination, so ensure your thermometer and stirring spoon are sterilized before coming into contact with the liquid).
5. As soon as the temperature is below 65°C (149°F), add your Distiller’s Enzyme – Glucoamylase and stir to dissolve (using your sterilized spoon) before re-covering and standing for 60 minutes for the enzyme to saccharify the starch.
6. After 60 minutes, transfer your saccharified starch slurry to a clean and sterile vessel (minimum 25 L capacity) by pouring through a sieve or cheese cloth to remove the potato solids (it is important to do this, otherwise the solids will cause significant foaming issues during fermentation), then add your sugar and top up with water to 20 L (5.3 US Gal), achieving a temperature of 20-32°C (68-90°F).
7. Once ready for fermentation, take your Distiller’s Nutrient – Light Spirits and shake it well. For up to 10% ABV, measure out 80g (2.9 oz) or see the instructions on the label or the Distiller’s Nutrient – Light Spirits page in the Distiller’s Range booklet for further measuring unit options.
8. Take your Distiller’s Yeast – Vodka, and at the same time take the measured out Distiller’s Nutrient – Light Spirits, then add them both directly to the fermentation vessel, fit your lid and airlock (half filled with sterile/boiled water).
9.  Leave to ferment at 20-32°C (68-90°F) for optimum performance and quality.
10. Once the airlock stops bubbling and the specific gravity have been stable for two consecutive days, this indicates fermentation is complete. You should now leave your wash to stand for 1-2 days for any remaining solids and yeast to settle out.
11. Once fermentation is complete, you are now ready to distill the wash to make spirit. To maximize yield, we recommend transferring directly into your still by pouring, leaving only the heaviest sediment behind. For best quality spirit we recommend using a reflux still such as the T500 Reflux Distillation System. (Note that use of a pot still such as T500 with The Alembic Pot Still Copper Dome and Condenser will yield lower quality alcohol, requiring triple distillation and resulting in very low yield). Please refer to the instruction manual for your distillation unit for detailed instructions on distilling your spirit.
12. After distillation, you may wish to filter your spirit through a carbon filter to polish the spirit, for cleaner, smoother vodka. For this purpose we recommend the Still Spirits Filter Pro or EZ Filter system. .